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Scientist, after decades of study, concludes: We don't have free will (phys.org)
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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

Here is my take on this completly different than his:

If we were to assume the universe expands to the critical size and then contracts back to the singularly, then repeats the cycle.

Then every action would repeat exactly as it did before, do we really have free will when our actions are predetermined only because the events happen in exactly the same order?

Does it matter?

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    If we were to assume the universe expands to the critical size and then contracts back to the singularly, then repeats the cycle.

    Why would we assume the second cycle would be identical to the first? I don't think we know enough about the big bang to assume the energy and matter would come out in the same proportions in the same locations a second time, setting the stage for the universe to occur identically the second time to the first.

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